As if women needed any more motivation to make the lifestyle changes to beat type 2 diabetes, a recent article on the site Food For Breast Cancer has summarized recent research findings on the relationship between obesity, type 2 diabetes, and breast cancer.
Being very overweight is an established breast cancer risk factor, as is having metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes. Researchers are refining their understanding of the relationships between these factors, as well as the potential influences of changes in body weight on treatment outcomes.
The good news is that one of the studies found that a goal of 5% weight loss achievable over a 6-month period, and that this “resulted in improvement in multiple tissue-based breast cancer risk biomarkers.”
Knowing that I’m approaching the age where mammograms are going to become another yearly thing to deal with makes me even more motivated to lose weight and get this disease under control. Five percent weight loss equates to only about 15 pounds for me, so I’m making that my first weight loss goal on the road to reaching 150 pounds.
A Little More Motivation
As if women needed any more motivation to make the lifestyle changes to beat type 2 diabetes, a recent article on the site Food For Breast Cancer has summarized recent research findings on the relationship between obesity, type 2 diabetes, and breast cancer.
The good news is that one of the studies found that a goal of 5% weight loss achievable over a 6-month period, and that this “resulted in improvement in multiple tissue-based breast cancer risk biomarkers.”
Knowing that I’m approaching the age where mammograms are going to become another yearly thing to deal with makes me even more motivated to lose weight and get this disease under control. Five percent weight loss equates to only about 15 pounds for me, so I’m making that my first weight loss goal on the road to reaching 150 pounds.
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